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« on: April 11, 2018, 22:34:51 »
Some of you may be amused, surprised or entertained by an article I've just published on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Road_Schemes_in_Bristol

It's been interesting compiling this, and I've learnt a lot. We've come a very long way!

I welcome any comments on errors or omissions.
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« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2024, 21:53:16 »
I like the unintentional pun in Wixons kink. I knew about the diversion around the shop but never knew it dealt in feminine intimate apparel !
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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2024, 00:39:34 »
Just a top up to another road scheme in the greater Bristol area.

there were plans to have a south Bristol link from the end of the Nailsea by-pass across the Moors to the M5 junction at Clevedon.
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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2024, 10:11:16 »
Thanks for this. Checking borehole records on the Geoindex site, it may be the intention to build this that has left a trace on the map in the form of a line of boreholes dated 1961 between Long Ashton - ish, swinging round the north of Nailsea and then to the existing M5.

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https://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex/home.html
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2024, 10:41:46 »
Quote from: infoman on October 17, 2024, 00:39:34
there were plans to have a south Bristol link from the end of the Nailsea by-pass across the Moors to the M5 junction at Clevedon.

Eh?  Where is 'the Nailsea by-pass' then?  I've lived here for thirty years and I've never heard of it.

Chris from Nailsea.
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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2024, 12:25:24 »
You'll love this website if you've not come across it previously https://pathetic.org.uk/unbuilt/south_bristol_spur/
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« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2024, 12:36:55 »
Blimey!  That's never going to happen - there's more chance of the rail line to Portishead being reopened.  Huh
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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2024, 17:40:30 »
Sorry everyone,should have said Long Ashton By-pass to M5 at Clevedon
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« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2024, 17:46:55 »
Ah, that explains it!  Thanks for clarifying that, infoman.
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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